Hinge.



F. KEI L.

' amen. APPLIOATION FILED DEG-"l, 1905.

920,960. Patented May11,1909.

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FRANCIS KEIL, OF'NEW 0m ASSIGNOB T0 FRANCIS KEIL & soN, or NEW Yoax N. Y.,

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HINGE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1 1, 1909.

Original application filed February27, 1905, Serial No. 247,588. Divided and this application filed December 7,

, Y 1905. Serial 110.2%,825.

T0 all-whom it may concern." i

Be it known that I, FaANois KEIL, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Hinge, of-which the following is a specification, the same being a full, clear, and exact description of the inven-.

tion such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to appliances designed for purposes of supporting movable articles, as swingingdoors and the like, and in particular tohinges for doors for refrigerators, ice-b oxes, and other structures Where air-tight doors are required, and it has for its object to provide a hinge simple and inexpen sive in construction, readily applied and operated and eflicient in practical use.

With this object in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combination and arrangement of parts, all of which will be hereinafter. described and specifically pointed out in the drawings which accompany and form a part of this specification, and in'which Figure 1 represents anelevation of a door equipped with this invention; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same; and Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are views in detail of the operating parts of the members of the hinge.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the views. v

Referring particularly to the drawings A, in the present embodiment of the invention, denotes a door, and B the j amb thereof.

To the jamb B is ordinarily secured the keeper C having a nosing C and also one member of leaf D of a hinge, the'other mem ber, strap or leaf D of which is attached to the door A. To the said door is also preferably secured any suitable latch as the latch consisting of a casing E and upper member E pivoted to the same at a so as to work in a vertical direction, and a lower member E hinged to the member E. The latch members may be actuated by lifting the rod F by the manual controlling device F or the treadles K or K in order to release the latch so as to open the door.

A rod H provided with a controlling manually actuated device, as a handle H is mounted eccentrically in the circular jour-- nals H which latter elements serve as a pintle'of the hinge member D The said j ournals H work respectively in circular channels or sockets formed in the members or leaves D of the hinge. The rod H is entered into the smaller circular channel or socket of the member D and forms the pintle thereof. The said rod is preferably used in connection with a lurality of hinges, three being shown in the present instance, the said rod H being mounted loosely in the hinge member D The member D of the hinge containing the journal H and the eccentrically located rod H are shown separately in Figs. 3 to 5. The rod H is fixed to two journals H the upper one shown in Fig. 4 and the lower one represented in, Fig. 6, the latter one being provided with a manual actuating part of handle H These two journals work, in use, in. the member D within the orifices or sockets indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 5.

When it is .desired to force the inner edge of the door into the jamb B, the rod H is mani ulated by means of the handle H and t 1e journal H Will, u on the said handle being pushed to one si e, force the members or leaves D of the hinges in an inward direction as regards the leaves D, and the inner edge of the door A will consequently be thus crowded or wedged into the jamb. It

near the door when the latter is closed, and

the movement of the door in opening causes the handle to move around on its axis, and

the rod H inits rotation causes the leaves D of'the hinges to move not only radially but also with an advance movement as regards the other member of the hinge, that is to say, if the handle H were not employed, the leaf D would swing radially around on the pintle formed by the rod H in the ordinary manner, but in cases where the door pushes the handle H along, the said handle causes the rod H to rotate the journals H and, on account of the eccentric location of the said rod, it is moved in a forward direction.

I do not claim in this application the specific construction of the latch herein shown and described, as the same is claimed in my application Serial No. 247,588, filed Feb. 27, 1905, of Which this is a division.

As it is evident thatmany chan es in the construction, form, ")roportion an relative arrangement of parts might be resorted to Without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, I- would have it understood that I do not restrict myself to the particular construction and arrangement of parts shown and described, but that such changes and equivalents may be substituted there for, and that What I claim as my invention is:

A hinge consisting of two members or leaves, one'stationary hinge leaf having a circular socket or bearing, and the other movable hinge member having a similar circular socket smaller in diameter, a journal or pintle located in the socket of the stationary member and adapted to support the other hinge member, a rod eccentrically locat-ed in and attached to said pintle and adapted to rotate therewith and extending through the socket of the movable member toform a pintle therefor, and a manually actuated device to control the said rod, whereby, upon mani ulation of the latter, the door may be mover -forward and backward, and also swung in a circular direction.

In testimony of the foregoing specification. I do hereby sign the same 111 the city oi. New York county of New York State of New York this 10th day of October 1905.

FRANCIS KEN Witnesses:

F. A. WURzBAci-i, JOSEPH FETYK. 

